Transplanting animal organs into humans, known as xenotransplantation, has long felt like science fiction. But in the past ...

CNN’s chief medical correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta explains the science of xenotransplantation, which is the procedure of ...

Tim Andrews knew that he needed dialysis to manage his end-stage kidney disease, but over months of treatment, he started to wonder whether it was worth it. Desperate for another option, he found a ...

A very different kind of "hog farm" is being built by United Therapeutics Corp. on the edge of Stewartville to raise gene-edited pigs in a $110 million pathogen-free facility to harvest kidneys and ...

Organ transplant is a potentially lifesaving medical intervention, but there is a critical lack of donor organs. Even in a wealthy country like the US, there are about 100,000 people on the waiting l ...

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While thousands linger on organ waiting lists, the national transplant network is ditching 40-year-old systems and struggling ...

Researchers identified a natural 'brake' within the innate immune system: the inhibitory receptor Siglec-E (SigE) and its human counterparts, Siglec-7 and Siglec-9. This receptor helps prevent ...

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